I think I was 17 when I heard that the first time.

A big, burly, (OK fat) bloke called Brian Cullen was dating my kid sister at the time. (Nothing came of it I'm glad to say).

He, in his highly educated Geordie way, first in my presence repeated the "joke";

"There was a Fairy, name of Nuff
Fairy Nuff."

Nuffing hilarious, I thought. But I might have been mistaken.

Quite sweet when said by the right person, but never hilarious.

Your 16 yr old sister was allowed boyfriends? Shocking.

I know. And it wasn't the first one. Before Brian, she dated a strange fellow called Sandy who was clearly dubious, but he did play jazz guitar, so there you go.

Were you a protective big brother or a hide in your room bookworm?

Ooh, personal! I was dead protective. I once punched Sandy in the nose.

I quite liked Brian though.

Jazz is rubbish

<kicks mandy out of bed>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4G-jQkKNAI

watch/listen to this and it should change your mind

or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7cYMj8WSPY

I got 4 seconds in on each and thoroughly wanted to punch someone. How on earth can you listen to that garbage?????

I can't see people getting drunk at a wedding and dancing to this shite.

I know what you mean. Each to their own, but it always sounds like people tuning up and then playing 4 songs individually at the same time.

To each their own...standard top 40 makes me hit the off button...c and w is too parochial for me......hair band rock/classic rock offers no surprises in general, dance music can be very lightweight.

My tastes range from Miles Davis, to Dylan, to Roxy Music, to Leonard Cohen, to the Jam, to Bob Marley, to Hendrix, to Blur to post-Rubber Soul Beatles to Cowboy Junkies.

I agree that Miles Davis does take some work to get into but I enjoy the complexity of it. I do understand why you never hear it on 'best of the 80's/best of the 90's, best of today' type radio stations.

Agreed...it isn't 'congratulations' or 'highway to hell', 'merry xmas everybody' or the ultimate cradle wedding favourite 'old time rock and roll'/

Nice, great.